And yet some how people still crash into trains. IT'S A FRICKIN' TRAIN! HOW DO YOU MISS IT?!?!

Fully agree. People collide with trains, even bright yellow buses and claim not to have seen them. I dont for 1 minute think im somehow miraculously protected but there is no doubt that I am more visible, eye catching and attention grabbing, than normal bikes, motor bikes, even cars. People dont know what I am so tend to hesitate and take a second look / stare rather than pulling out.

Velomobiles overseas have been hit by cars though so of course it could happen. I ride in a manner that minimises the risk as much as possible. Overall, I feel much safer in my velomobile than I did riding my DF bikes for the 5 years beforehand.

Nice ride home this evening, cool but dry in Perth. Massive kudos to the guy riding north out of the city in blue and black Giant gear or a blue and white Giant MTB with full tractor tyres who held the head of the train at 36km/h for a good spell, turned off only for me to catch him again between Warwick and Greenwood, so 20kms from the city at the same pace as me on a roadie at an average of 30kmh

Slugged it home yesterday...westerly winds are back so that means headwinds the entire way home.

This morning the BOM said the winds were a north westerly and blowing from 17 k/h. Feeling a little flat also so took a Berocca before I left the house. Given the wind and the direction it was blowing I thought I would give some strava segments a go on my ride.

All I can say is ...what a difference a Berocca makes lol....had plenty of ooomph in the tank this morning which surprised me given it is hump day.

I savoured the wind direction the entire ride too...as I know I am going to hurt this afternoon riding into it.

Melbourne was warmer than I expected for the ride back yesterday afternoon. I thought I might catch a bit of cloud and even rain, but it stayed away and I rode the entire way in beautiful spring sunshine. Was overdressed, but hey...'twas great. Great conditions for the ride in this morning too.

Not looking forward to donning the rather wet cycling gear this arvo after the morning drenching. On a positive note though I chose the mountain bike for this mornings commute , and it now no longer needs a wash after last night's group ride!

The traffic in the CBD was busy this morning. The F1 circus is coming to town and the race is a street circuit along a key route into the city. As a result traffic is being funnelled along other roads...my roads It will only get worse over the next two days, but at least they will have it efficiently packed up after the weekend in no time.

Dan wrote:Hit 3000km and 29,000m for the year on the way home. Apart from that it was windy.

I'm guessing.... Distance and vertical?

Yep. Not huge by any stretch of the imagination, nor compared with some here.

it's all relative. I can't afford to live closer to work, like the area I live in and am really lucky to have bike paths almost all the way to workI'm also lucky that I can do extended commutes a "few" days a weekif i could live 5 mins from work, I'd probably do that, and walk.

jasonc wrote:it's all relative. I can't afford to live closer to work, like the area I live in and am really lucky to have bike paths almost all the way to workI'm also lucky that I can do extended commutes a "few" days a weekif i could live 5 mins from work, I'd probably do that, and walk.

Agreed. I also have a bikeway for the majority of the journey to work, and an option to get the bus should I choose. Realistically, I only cycle 2, maybe 3 days a week, although sometimes that's the extent of my forays to work anyway.

Fastest ever ride home tonight. 34 kph average for 14km, from central Melbourne CBD, along MYT and Gardiners Creek Trail and a ~6% climb at the end. A mild NW tail wind was pushing a storm front through, which I luckily beat home. Only a little rain during the ride.

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